US News

It was just a few days ago (12 February) that I wrote about the potential impact of the allegedly declining unemployment rate in the U.S. in a story entitled “Beware of Bullard’s Bubble Bulletin.” In a nutshell, Bullard, the President of the St. Louis Fed had expressed his concern that the Federal Reserve Bank may […]

As companies go, Clean Air Power (LSE:CAP) is nowhere near being a dominant world force. With a market cap of just under £20 million and five consecutive years of losses, it’s not a not a company that has been able to spark a great deal of investor interest. However, the Clean Air share price climbed more […]

The petroleum sector is, almost without debate, the single largest economic and political force in the world. Petroleum can used to leverage peace and prosperity, but it can also be used to dictate power and to decimate entire economies and political entities. Which raises my personal concern over how President Obama will use the current […]

After writing yesterday about James Bullard’s concern about the mounting risk of some asset-price bubbles bursting, I did a bit more investigation. Little did I know also that Thierry LaDuguie would write about Sentiment Analysis and Stock Market Timing and charting the S&P index here on ADVFN, when I had planned to continue writing about the concerns about […]

James Bullard is the President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank. While all eyes have been on Janet Yellin the past several days, Bullard was in New York City this morning, speaking to representatives of the European American Chamber or Commerce. Aside from his address, he made a comment to reporters that, as Lincoln […]

That’s right! I don’t want to write about Barclays (LSE:BARC)! You probably think that means that Mr. Chambers is making me do it. That is simply not the case. I don’t want to write about Barclays because everyone else is writing about Barclays today. I don’t want to write about Barclays because they are a […]

I worked in the automotive business for more than 25 years. I have owned only one automotive stock, and it was the only stock I have owned that I consider to have been a bad investment. But I drive a Jaguar convertible, so today’s report of stellar sales at the Jaguar Land Rover division of […]

Every month is a part of a repetitious cycle of, among other things, waiting for job reports and central bank reports so that investors have some idea of what to do with their money. The longer I am associated with investing and the economy from a reporting perspective, the more this cyclical waiting and reacting […]

Have you ever woke up in the morning and you just knew it was going to be “one of those days?” That’s how Kazuo Hirai and Mary Barra woke up in completely different parts of the world this a.m. On the other hand, it’s just as likely that neither of them slept at all last […]

We have grown accustomed over the years to icons like 3M (NYSE:MMM) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) impacting the S&P 500, which they are doing today following the publication of their annual results. At this early stage of the day, having posted less than desirable results, Exxon shares are down 1.72%, and, having posted excellent results, […]